Soldiers in the Pacific Theater Bibliography/Sources
Soldiers in the Pacific War:
Hillenbrand, Laura. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption. New York: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2014.
“Pacific Theater of Operations: The National WWII Museum: New Orleans.” The National WWII Museum | New Orleans. Accessed February 11, 2022. https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/topics/pacific-theater-operations.
Hill, Frederick H., George Venn, and Jan Boles. “Oregon Voices: They Also Served: A Soldier’s Pacific Theater Album, World War II.” Oregon Historical Quarterly 108, no. 2 (2007): 294–316. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20615743.
White, Geoffrey M., and Lamont Lindstrom. “The Pacific Theater : Island Representations of World War II .” ScholarSpace at University of Hawaii at Manoa: Home. University of Hawaii Press, January 1, 1989. https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/25824.
“Pacific War Maps: Nihon Kaigun.” Pacific War Maps | Nihon Kaigun. Accessed February 12, 2022. http://combinedfleet.com/battles/.
“Pacific War Diary.” Teaching American History, January 7, 2022. https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/pacific-war-diary/.
Cook, Haruko Taya., and Theodore Failor. Cook. Japan at War : an Oral History. 1st ed. New York: New Press, 1992.
Hersey, John. Into the Valley: Marines at Guadalcanal. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1943.
American G.I. in Japan _ main page. Accessed February 12, 2022. http://ettoreinjapan.com/ettore_page2.html.
avcvideos. “Sergeant R.V. Burgin, Hero of 'the Pacific' (Full Interview).” YouTube. YouTube, October 6, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uluzoOOB1WY.
avcvideos. “WWII USMC Vet Raymond Heise Recalls the Battle of Iwo Jima (Full Interview).” YouTube. YouTube, July 21, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXtI244TsuY.
“WW2 American & Japanese Veterans Meet Where They Once Fought | Once Were Enemies | Timeline.” YouTube. YouTube, March 18, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5R-aVg6iZ4.
Additional Sources:
“The Battle of Iwo Jima.” John Basilone - America's Hero - Marines WWII. Accessed March 16, 2022. http://www.marineswwii.com/john_basilone.php.
“Category:World War II Reenactments.” Wikimedia Commons. Accessed March 16, 2022. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:World_War_II_reenactments.
“File:USMC Uniforms.jpg - Wikimedia Commons.” Accessed March 16, 2022. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USMC_uniforms.jpg.
“Home.” MCU. Accessed March 16, 2022. https://www.usmcu.edu/Research/Marine-Corps-History-Division/Information-for-Units/Medal-of-Honor-Recipients-By-Unit/Sgt-John-Basilone/.
“Pacific War Diary, 1942-1945: The Secret Diary of an American Sailor by James J. Fahey.” Goodreads. Goodreads, September 15, 2003. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/300116.Pacific_War_Diary_1942_1945.
“Pfc. Desmond Doss: The Unlikely Hero behind 'Hacksaw Ridge'.” www.army.mil. Accessed March 16, 2022. https://www.army.mil/article/183328/pfc_desmond_doss_the_unlikely_hero_behind_hacksaw_ridge.
Robert. “Hiroo Onoda, Soldier Who Hid in Jungle for Decades, Dies at 91.” The New York Times. The New York Times, January 17, 2014. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/18/world/asia/hiroo-onoda-imperial-japanese-army-officer-dies-at-91.html.
Chen, C. Peter. “Tadamichi Kuribayashi.” WW2DB. Accessed March 16, 2022. https://ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=21.
2nd lt. Hiroo Onoda. Accessed March 16, 2022. https://wanpela.com/holdouts/profiles/onoda.html.
Lanchin, Mike. “Shoichi Yokoi, the Japanese Soldier Who Held out in Guam.” BBC News. BBC, January 24, 2012. https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-16681636.
Powers, David. “History - World Wars: Japan: No Surrender in World War Two.” BBC. BBC, February 17, 2011. https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/japan_no_surrender_01.shtml.